Last week, the Golden State Warriors very own Baron Davis was not selected to represent the best of best of the NBA at the 2008 All-Star Game in New Orleans. Warriors and non-Warriors fans alike were outraged. He got snubbed. Again.
Not only does Davis have higher stats than many guards that will travel to New Orleans, but he also performs on the court in ways that statistics don't measure. He turned one the biggest shames of the NBA into a power-house play-off team that can beat any team on any given night. So of course people are angry.
I don't care though. The Warriors, despite being 10 games over .500 with several months more basketball to come, still have an underdog spirit. A team does not just shake off 10 years of embarrassing basketball in a night (unless that team is the Celtics). Basketball coaches, commentators, and players alike are only beginning to take the Warriors seriously. The lone-wolf mentality (as a team, not as individuals) of so many Warriors players fuels victory night after night. When coach Don Nelson was ejected from a game in January we saw the Warriors play some of their best basketball ever. The day after Baron Davis was snubbed by the undeserving All-Star team, the Warriors had their biggest margin of victory of the season against a team with a 9 game winning-streak.
There's no denying that the Warriors play an exciting breed of basketball. Sometimes they break our hearts, but more often than not they make our days just that much more exciting. I predict that Baron and the Warriors will come back from this long break as the same team, but with more energy, spunk, and desire to prove themselves to the rest of the NBA .
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